Safety first. With a large part of the Netherlands below sea level, it is no wonder that dikes and dams are crucial for our country. But water management is not only necessary for the Netherlands. China has thousands of rivers which are of high importance to the drink water, irrigation and many other purposes. Thus, with China's scale and the Dutch expertise, they are a great match.

Voters in Kosovo exercised their democratic rights by voting in municipal elections on Sunday. At the invitation of the President of Kosovo, the EU deployed an Election Observation Mission (EOM), the fourth fully fledged EU election observation mission of the kind in Kosovo. As for the June legislative elections it was once again headed by the Chief Observer Alojz Peterle, Member of the European Parliament.